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FLARE AND OVER-PRESSURE SYSTEMS

Course designed for

This course is designed for managers, section heads, engineers and senior operating personnel
responsible for designing, operating, and maintaining relief and flare systems in oil and gas
facilities.

Course objectives

 Purposes of relief and flare systems and their importance in safe operations
 Causes of overpressure and the ways to control/mitigate
 Defining the possible relief scenarios
 Commonly used pressure relieving devices, selection and sizing
 Determining set/relieving pressures to meet operational, safety, and code requirements
 Operational considerations of maintenance, testing, certification, and disposal of fluids
 Designing and operating relief and flare header systems considering fluid characteristics,
service conditions, volumes, gas dispersion, and radiation
 Selection and sizing other key components of a relief/flare system

Course contents

 Overview of typical relief and flare systems and key components


 Codes and standards as well as good practices typical in oil and gas facilities
 Safety implications and causes of overpressure
 Overpressure protection philosophy including source isolation and relief
 Determination of relief requirements and defining set point pressures
 Types, applications, and sizing of common relief devices
 Blow-down/depressurizing - purpose and design/operational considerations
 Design and specification considerations for relief valves and header systems, including fluid
characteristics, services conditions, material selection, and header sizing
 Environmental considerations
 Radiation calculations and the impact of flare tip design
 Selection and sizing of key components: knockout and seal drums, vent/flare stack, vent/flare
tips, and flare ignition systems
 Defining need and quantity of purge gas
 Flare gas recovery, smokeless flaring, and purge gas conservation
 Operational and troubleshooting tips

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